Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 10% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 10% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 16 January 2050 at 06:17.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises after midnight to early morning and sets in the afternoon. It is visible in the early morning low to the east.
Moon in ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1927"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1927" and ∠1950".
Snow Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2050 after 17 days on 6 February 2050 at 20:47.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 23 January 2050 at 04:57
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 29 January 2050 at 20:48
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 6 February 2050 at 20:47
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 14 February 2050 at 22:10
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 618 / 1571
The Moon is 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 618 of Meeus index or 1571 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
Length of current 618 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 5 minutes. It is 58 minutes longer than next lunation 619 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 39 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 30 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠332.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠332.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠350.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of apogee on 11 January 2050 at 02:36 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 23 January 2050 at 18:50 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 371 881 km
Moon is 371 881 km (231 076 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 3 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 295 km (222 013 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 18 January 2050 at 17:33 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 31 January 2050 at 04:35 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 05:15 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-21.179°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2050. Next 12 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠21.106° in its northern standstill point on 1 February 2050 at 22:34 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 23 January 2050 at 04:57 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.